Subject Guides: International Business & Trade: Statistics

Statistics - Canada specific

Data (Statistics Canada)
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Trade data, foreign direct investment, balance of international payments, ... .

IMD World Competitiveness Online This link opens in a new window
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Also known as: |World Competitiveness Online| Online version of The World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY), an annual report on the competitiveness of nations, ranking and analyzing how a nations environment creates and sustains the competitiveness of enterprises.
Economist Intelligence Unit: EIU Viewpoint This link opens in a new window
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Analysis, forecasts, alerts and background data for a range of risk factors in 180 countries.

IMF data (International Monetary Fund)
Links to all IMF datasets including International Financial Statistics, World Economic Outlook, Balance of Payments, Direction of Trade Statistics and Government Finance Statistics.

Statista This link opens in a new window
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This interdisciplinary database provides access to statistics for hundreds of industries, along with colourful infographics for download. Also included are Surveys, Country Reports, Industry Reports, and Market Outlooks, Reports and Studies.
Global Financial Data This link opens in a new window
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Global Financial Data includes two databases: US Stocks and GFDatabase. US Stocks includes historical price data for individual current and delisted stocks from every US exchange. The GFDatabase consists of macro level financial data covering one or a multitude of asset classes.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
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Access to this database will end after June 30, 2024. All OECD publications and data will be freely available as of July 01, 2024.
The OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD's analysis and data.

World Bank Open Data
Global development data including World Development Indicators, International Debt Statistics.
UNCTADstat
International trade in merchandise and services, includes FDI (foreign direct investment) data.
UN Comtrade Database
The United Nations Comtrade database aggregates detailed global annual and monthly trade statistics by product and trading partner for use by governments, academia, research institutes, and enterprises. Data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division covers approximately 200 countries and represents more than 99% of the world's merchandise trade. Information can be extracted in a variety of formats, including API developer tools for integration into enterprise applications and workflows.

China Data Online This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to the following databases: (1) yearly China macro-economic statistics, (2) monthly macro-economic statistics, (3) monthly macro-economic reports, (4) city statistics, (5) county statistics, (6) industrial sector statistics, as well as other resources.

Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Links to national statistical agencies.
Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC)
Visualize, understand, and interact with the latest international trade data.